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1 person brought to hospital after White House water rescue
WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. (WKRN) — First responders helped four people — one of whom is still in the hospital — after floodwaters swept their cars off the road in White House Sunday night.
According to the White House Community Volunteer Fire Department, shortly after 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, crews were dispatched to an emergency involving three vehicles and four people in the water.
The incident happened along a creek that rose quickly, with heavy rainfall turning into rushing water that swept away the cars on Bowling Branch Road. Officials said they quickly accessed all four people, one of whom was transported to the hospital while the other three left on their own.
'We had to go in and rescue, with the help of TWRA. We also paged out Gallatin Fire, Hendersonville Fire, which they both got canceled,' Tara Parker, the public information officer for the White House Community Volunteer Fire Department, said.
Parker described the patients as out of breath and tired after they were rescued: 'Two of them were crying. One of them, he wasn't talking very much because he was trying to get some water out of his lungs and everything, but they were very happy to see us.'
As of Monday, June 16, three of the individuals are reportedly doing alright, but one is still in the hospital.
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According to Parker, that area isn't prone to flooding, so it caught everyone off guard.
'As we were out last night we passed multiple people that was not following the turn around don't drown and driving through high fast moving water,' the department posted on Facebook Monday morning. 'As much as our swift water team loves to swim we would love to not have to pull people from rushing water if it can be prevented. So PLEASE Turn around don't drown!!!!'
Parker provided additional details to News 2, saying personnel saw two people on motorcycles trying to drive through the floodwaters Sunday night.
'Even if you think your car's going to make it in, it's moving, it's moving a lot faster than you think it is,' she said.
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The White House Community Volunteer Fire Department said it answers about 1,000 calls a year and runs mostly off donations.
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